Spending Christmas Eve day at Burger King playing in hopes that the kids will pass out asleep and not wake for atleast another day....hey it was a good thought and a girl can dream cant she.

Too much of a good thing

When your sons ensemble looks something like batman after eating goodies then their is entirely too much sugar being consumed.

Not only have I been baking all week making peanut butter fudge and cookies but our neighbors have brought over goodies as well.

Preston has learned to push a chair over to the counter and help himself to the tins and tins of goodies, he then dresses up in batman attire and runs around the house. I'm not real sure what batman and sugar have to do with one another but I don't want to test the theory of what would happen if I put a dress on the floor in front of him after he consumes sugar.

Countdown continues

Only 13 days till Christmas. Here are pics of the 3 trees in our house.

Living room Christmas tree













Foyer Christmas tree (Dale Earnhardt tree)












Kitchen Christmas tree















Santa Claus and lights that sit in passthrough window from kitchen to living room

Conclusion

Ive come to the conclusion that if it wasn't for women that we wouldn't have Christmas.

Point #1- I put up the tree, decorations, stockings, and lights.
-My husband plugs everything in.
(don't strain yourself hubby)

Point #2-I buy all of the gifts for both sides of the family, including several of my own.
-My hubby asks how much did you spend?

Point #3-I wrap all presents, including my own.
-My husband asks Christmas Eve if he needs to wrap my presents or not?
(already done sweetie, already done)

Point #4-I bake lots of goodies during the holiday season.
- My husband eats and then asks when I plan on making more.

I think that Santa had a sex change many, many years ago because only a woman could get everything done in time for Christmas. Her name was Santa Clara but changed it to Santa Claus after the sex change. And thats my theory!

Countdown....

17 more days till Christmas.

When its cold outside my favorite thing to do is bake. I could bake everyday. Today we made hot sausage balls and two different types of cookies. The kids colored (painted) the top of the cookies prior to baking and thought it was a blast. Santa gets lots of baked goods at our house Christmas night.

More snow

I spent a lot of time shoveling off our driveway and our sidewalk yesterday. Our neighbor has a snow blower and we usually wake up to find that he has already cleared our driveway for us...gotta love neighbors like that who think its fun to get out and clear all of the surrounding homes driveways. Yesterday however I decided to do it myself and have some fun playing with Preston.

This is what the sidewalk looked like after I cleared it...

This is what it looks like this morning after another 2 inches of snow....why did I even bother.

Pics of Preston playing in snow yesterday.

First of the year

We have had a few snow flurries over the past week but this is what we woke up to this morning. 4 inches of snow and still coming down. Every year around this time Im reminded by the snow of just how much TN and OH are different.

New love

Next month as I enter into my 4th year of a certain decade (for those that dont know me feel free to guess that I am still in my 20's) . Im well aware that Im aging more and more each day. The laugh lines dont go away as quickly as they used to, the eye sight isnt as great as it used to be so the squinting gets worse therefore leaving behind crows feet. The lack of sleep, being sick, taking care of sick kids, getting hit across the head from my son with his plastic bat, the apple juice that my son spilled that splattered all over me, the sticky-icky what the heck have you been eating kisses from my son and we cant forget all of the times that I peeled back Prestons diaper when he was an infant only to get a face full of pee-pee has taken its toll on my skin. My time in front of the mirror is filled with pulling my skin tighter to remember the good times when it actually looked that way, its filled with wondering why that wrinkle didnt go away even when I stopped having an expression on my face. I should of listened to the magazines when they said start taking care of your skin in your teens. However I must share this with my fellow readers that I have found something that I love and is cheap....yes cheap.

My face didnt feel smooth and my skin has lost some of its elasticity and nothing I tried really seemed to help me with both of those problems until now. I picked up Night time firming cream made by Equate (yep, thats Walmart brand) and I have been using it for almost a month now and I gotta tell you I love this stuff. Its the equivalent to Olay. My skin feels as smooth as my sons butt and he has a very soft smooth baby butt still. I can also tell that because it feels smoother that it is also slightly tighter. We arent talking dramatic here but enough that I can tell a difference. It isnt greasy so I use it every night. It doesnt make my hair or the pillow greasy when I lay down at night. The other good news is that because its so cheap I pick up 2 jars and I put it on my face, neck and also on the top of my hands. This stuff is great. I would bathe in it if it wasnt for the fact that it would stop up the drain and Id have to listen to my husband with a plunger in his hand ask what in the world I was thinking.
This is my new favorite find for a gal in her......, lets just say a gal who is too busy raising a fine boy who will never point out that his mother or his future wife looks a day over their 20's. Your welcome future daughter in law!!!!


Short article in regards to this great stuff if you wanna read it.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/44545/equate_brand_nighttime_firming_cream.html